VMware ESXi 6.5

VMware ESXi 6.5
Network Server
VMware, Inc.

01 Dec 2016
145110

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VMW71.00V.0.B64.1605280101 (05/28/2016)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 6144 GB, multiple VM guests: 1511 GB, single max VM guest: 6128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial Parallel Port 6 32-Bit PCI PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

SLES 12 SP2 guest was installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled.
VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a single max virtual machine configured with up to 6128 GB of memory on a SLES 12 SP2 x86-64 guest.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP2 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803. VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmware_drv.so
	Driver Date: 14-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 157760
	Checksum: aabeb37d7eeaa752ee0f17e741b68804
	Driver Version: 13.1.0

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 423415
	Checksum: dddc00274d75747bedd7f810080d7c81

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: drm.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 628983
	Checksum: 917601927ed3ac76295bd6a5c5521679

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 86367
	Checksum: a693bbf827bad8be7d222d5d7ff3bb60
	Driver Version: 1.4.7.0-k

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 42351
	Checksum: 80a80bdaf0700490c616a5dcf2973505
	Driver Version: 1.0.5.0-k

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 72895
	Checksum: f0ad0f11072e317bc80570a7483343e9
	Driver Version: 3.0

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto , CA 94304
Voice: 1-650-427-5000
Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
Fax: 650-427-5001
Website: www.vmware.com

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